Scaling agent code means humans become PCP checkers, argues developer
willcb · x · 2026-09-06
In a follow-up to his take on scaling agent-written code, willcb frames the paradigm as inventing average-case NP oracles, with governance mandating that humans act as PCP checkers — verifying agent code via spot-checkable proofs rather than full review.
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